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Top 10 LinkedIn Learning videos

Here’s a roundup of the 10 most popular LinkedIn Learning courses watched by the University of Iowa community last year. Did your favorite make the cut? Learning ITIL (1hr 19m course) Excel 2019 Essential Training (2h 8m course) The Six Morning...

2019 OneIT Year in Review

The University of Iowa information technology community works closely with campus partners to advance the institution’s strategic goals. Learn more about how IT makes a difference in the OneIT Year in Review.

ITS Help Desk reports fall hot topics and back-to-school stats

Connecting to eduroam and using Two-Step Login were among the “hot topics” for the ITS Help Desk during this year’s fall rush—the week before the semester began and the first week of classes. An eduroam certificate upgrade in June generated many...
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Professor Counts on ITTA to Support Innovative Teaching Project

Wednesday, October 4, 2017 - 12:00am
Each year, the Academic Technology Advisory Council (ATAC) hosts the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA), a program designed to enhance teaching and learning at the University of Iowa.
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Learning Design Collaboratory: Teaming Up for Transformation

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 12:00am
Where can UI faculty members team up with instructional designers, technology support staff, and educational researchers with experience in research-based teaching practices? Answer: In the University of Iowa’s new Learning Design Collaboratory.
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Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 12:00am
The Academic Technologies Advisory Council is seeking proposals from instructors for the Innovations in Teaching with Technology Awards (ITTA). This program aims to enhance teaching and learning at the University of Iowa.
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Jesse receives 2017 IT Leadership Award

Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 12:00am
Maggie Jesse, Senior Director of the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology in Information Technology Services, received the 2017 IT Leadership Award in recognition of her exemplary contributions to the UI IT community.
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Two-Step Login expands to MAUI, ICON, and MyUI

Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 10:33am
The University of Iowa has expanded Two-Step Login to web-based applications, including MAUI, ICON, and MyUI, and campus cyber-security experts advise all UI faculty, staff, and students to enable the feature for these applications. Two-Step Login...
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D2L Shutdown Plan

Thursday, June 1, 2017 - 11:22am
As part of the University of Iowa's adoption of Canvas as the new LMS that powers ICON, the previous version of ICON (Desire2Learn, aka D2L) will be replaced by the ICON Archive system, When the Office of Teaching, Learning & Technology made the...
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Printing price change supports sustainability

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 11:15am
ITS and UISG developed a new funding model for printing, which discontinues the free print credit and lowers per-page prices. The change takes effect fall 2017 for all Information Technology Center printers and partner printing facilities.
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ICON & Office 365 integration

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 - 9:52am
The ICON and Office 365 integration allows instructors and students to use, create, share and collaborate on files stored in Office 365 within their ICON course sites. Office 365 is now available in several areas in ICON, including Assignments,...
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Being a Good Wi-Fi Citizen @ UIowa

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:24pm
Being a Good Wi-Fi Citizen What Does it Mean to be a good Wi-Fi Citizen? It may not be obvious at first, but what you do when you’re in your office, classroom, or walking around campus CAN affect Wi-Fi performance for those around you. Setting up...
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IT Leadership Award nominations due April 2

Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 12:00am
The IT Leadership Award is part of a continuing effort to develop, encourage, and support IT Leadership at the UI. Nominations are due by Sunday, April 2.
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Join the Canvas Commons Community

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 12:00am
Canvas Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share content in the following Canvas tools: course presentation modules, quizzes, assignments, discussions, pages or documents.
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New Tools to Enhance Student Writing

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 12:00am
Coming Summer 2017, a reimagined suite called Turnitin Feedback Studio will be incorporated campus-wide through ICON (Canvas).
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Argon HPC deployment update

Monday, February 6, 2017 - 12:00am
Deployment of the new high-performance computing system, Argon, is taking longer than expected due to issues with equipment delivered by the vendor. Argon is expected to be generally available by March 14.

Canvas Commons is here

Thursday, February 2, 2017 - 2:14pm
The University of Iowa Canvas Commons space will be available in ICON for all users with a Teacher or TA account starting Feb. 3, 2017. Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources.

Protect yourself from tax-season scams

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 1:51pm
Be vigilant of unexpected or suspicious emails, text, or phone calls requesting personal or financial information this time of year, when cyber criminals develop income tax scams.
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4CAST 2017: Our Lives Online Recap

Friday, January 27, 2017 - 12:00am
The Campus Academic Strategies and Technology (4CAST) drew UI instructors and support staff to make professional connections, examine how learning technologies can be leveraged to engage students, and identify educational potential in new technology.

Events

Serious Learning Through Fun and Games: Considerations for Gamifying Your Course
Friday, April 16, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm Serious Learning Through Fun and Games: Considerations for Gamifying Your Course
Open ICON Workshop
Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm Open ICON Workshop
Interactive Zoom Practice Session
Friday, April 23, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am Interactive Zoom Practice Session
Assessing Assessment: Evidence-Based Grading and Nontraditional Approaches to Grading
Monday, April 26, 2021, 8:00am to Friday, May 7, 2021, 5:00pm Assessing Assessment: Evidence-Based Grading and Nontraditional Approaches to Grading
What Your Students Wish You Knew About ICON
Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm What Your Students Wish You Knew About ICON
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